IRVINE : College Graduating 244 Students Today
More than 200 graduating students at Irvine Valley College are expected to take part in commencement activities, which begin tonight at 6.
Retiring Saddleback Community College District Chancellor Richard Sneed will deliver an address at the ceremony.
Student Este Bailey, the co-captain of the Saddleback/Irvine Valley Forensics Team, and Roy McCord, a professor and coordinator of the college’s Laser Electric-Optics Program, also are scheduled to speak.
A total of 244 students are eligible to graduate this year--nine more than last year, said George McCrory, spokesman for the college.
The graduating class is diverse: It includes many working professionals and older students as well as people coming out of high school, McCrory said.
“We have a lot of people who work. They’ve gone to school for a couple of years and are now graduating,” he said.
Music for the commencement will be performed by the Irvine Valley College Symphonic Wind Ensemble and by the the school’s chorale. A reception will follow the ceremony.
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